National Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of social security expenditure was met by national insurance contributions for each of the years since 1961 for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on future trends in this figure.

[holding answer 7 February 1991]: The table shows the percentage of social security benefit expenditure met by national insurance contributions for each year from 1960–61 to 1989–90, and the planned figure for 1993–94 which is taken from the 1991 departmental report. There are no figures available for later years.
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